MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) and MIDD syndrome (maternally inherited diabetes and deafness) are mitochondrial diseases caused in most cases by the same mutation m.3243A> G, which affects the
Jorge Luis Granadillo De Luque +4 more
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Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria for MELAS Syndrome; a Case Study Involving an Elderly Patient With MT-TWm.5541C>T Mutation. [PDF]
Wu G +6 more
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MELAS syndrome with rare manifestations misdiagnosed as vasculitis in the absence of lactic acidosis: A case report. [PDF]
Alsultan M +3 more
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Monozygotic twins with MELAS-like syndrome lacking ragged red fibers and lactacidaemia [PDF]
Typical cases of MELAS present a combination of clinical and neuroradiological features, lactacidaemia, and ragged red fibers (RRFs) in striated muscle. We have observed a MELAS-like syndrome in monozygotic twins.
Wibom, R. +8 more
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Elevated glutamate and decreased glutamine levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with MELAS syndrome. [PDF]
Guerrero-Molina MP +9 more
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A Patient with MELAS Syndrome Carried an M.3243A>G Mutation in Mitochondrial DNA and Multiple Nuclear Genetic Variants: A Case Report. [PDF]
Chu X +6 more
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TIVA AND SUGAMMADEX IN A PATIENT WITH MELAS SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT [PDF]
Aim. MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lac- tic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) syndrome is a maternal- ly inherited multisystem disease caused by mutations of the mitochondrial DNA.
C. Vitiello +4 more
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Psychiatric care for a person with MELAS syndrome: A case report. [PDF]
Leong DY, Chee RY, Lui YS.
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A Mitochondrial Disorder in a Middle Age Iranian Patient: Report of a Rare Case
Introduction: Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can involve multiple systems and cause stroke-like episodes and status epilepticus.
Mostafa Almasi +6 more
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